Desktop raceway
AssigneeThe Wiremold Company
InventorsWilfred R. Rogers, Salvatore A. Cancellieri
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Abstract
An office coral has a wall that supports a desktop on which various items of office equipment are to be connected with power and data communication cables within the coral structure. A desktop raceway is secured to the wall or desk top and defines both a wireway for the connecting cables and a storage facility for the cabling normally provided on the equipment. The raceway is made up of two generally L-shaped extrusions, one a back plate, the second a cover. The cover has a front panel that defines a slot in cooperation with the back plate's lower edge. A wireway is provided inside the cover adjacent its top panel, and cabling storing or wrapping clips are provided on both the back plates and inside the cover.
Claims14
A Desktop Raceway comprising:
- a horizontally extending back plate having upper and lower marginal edges;
- a cover for said back plate, said cover being generally L-shaped in vertical section with integrally formed top and front panels;
- said cover top panel including depending ribs,
- a channel shaped component having an elongated U-shape configuration with upstanding legs secured to said ribs and cooperating with said cover top panel to define a wireway therebetween,
- said top panel having a marginal edge pivotably connected to said upper marginal edge of said back plate and being movable between closed and open positions;
- said front panel having a lower marginal edge cooperable with said lower marginal edge of said back plate to define at least one slot;
- said back plate and cover defining a rear marginal edge of said back plate and said upper marginal edge of said cover defining integrally formed pivotal elements, one of said elements comprising a longitudinally extending cylindrical shape, the other of said elements defining a rear marginal edge socket
- whereby said cover in its closed position cooperates with said back plate to define a cavity therebetween, and said slot being open into said cavity for accommodating cabling associated with equipment provided on the desktop.
A desk top raceway comprising:
- a horizontally extending back plate having a lower forwardly projecting flange,
- a cover for said back plate, said cover being generally L-shaped in vertical section with integrally formed top and front panels,
- said top panel of said cover being movably connected to an upper marginal edge of said back plate for closing and opening a cavity defined between said back plate and said cover,
- said front panel of said cover having a lower marginal edge cooperating with said forwardly projecting flange of said back plate to define at least one slot,
- whereby said cover not only cooperates with said back plate so as to define a cavity therebetween, but also provides access to that cavity for the cabling associated with equipment on the desk top by reason of said at least one slot, and
- a channel-shaped component having longitudinally extending legs secured to the underside of said cover top panel and defining a hidden wireway that is accessible when said cover is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.